1860 Munich boss on Bayern fans’ banner: “Calling me a son of a b**** crosses a line”

The 1860 president wasn’t best pleased by the banner held aloft by Bayern Munich fans on the Südkurve.

Despite being separated by two divisions in the German football pyramid, tensions rage on between arch rivals Bayern Munich and 1860 Munich. 

During Bayern’s 6-2 win over SC Freiburg on Saturday, a strongly worded banner was unfurled by the home support directed at 1860 Munich’s president Gernot Mang. 

“FC Bayern personally insulted me. That’s far from respectful. Calling me a son of a b**** crosses a line. That’s completely unacceptable. I’d like to leave it at that.

“A little bit of friendly banter is part of the relationship between the two clubs, but it should be within a certain limit, on a certain level.

“This kind of behavior isn’t right. However, I won’t take legal action against it. I’ll rise above that,” said Mang, speaking with Magenta TV. 

The banner read: “Mang has to earn respect. You son of a b****.” 

Just a few days earlier, during an event at the Deutsches Theater, the 1860 chief launched a scathing attack on the Bavarian giants from the Bundesliga.

Mang criticized, among other things, Bayern’s lack of modest nature: “A little humility would do the club good.”

He also described Bayern as a “commercial club, run like an American business — it’s not about atmosphere, but simply about money.”